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I'm documenting a medical device that uses a trackball, mounted to an
integrated keyboard, to manipulate a biopsy needle. There are times when the
trackball is used for navigation and targeting much like one would use a
joystick in a game.
> Chris
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Pro TechWriter
<pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> Goodness. I have not seen "trackball mouse" in docs in a very long time
> :-)
>
> Are you documenting mouse hardware or software? If not, my documents say
> "click" something or "select" something, or "double-click" something (icon
> or whatever). The mouse itself is not generally described in modern software
> documentation, unless you are documenting the mouse. It is assumed that most
> users can manage a mouse nowadays without a lot of description.
>
> Good luck :-)
> PT
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
>
>> ...rewriting a user guide where intances of "trackball mouse" are
>> littered
>> throughout.
>>
>> Am I OK to just make each instance, "trackball?"
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> > Chris
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